Male Lesser Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, showing brightly-colored air sacs and stomping feet during courtship display on a lek in spri

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Male Lesser Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, showing brightly-colored air sacs and stomping feet during courtship display on a lek in spring on Bureau of Land Management lands is eastern New Mexico, USA

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Lee Rentz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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